Ernie Regehr, O.C., Senior Fellow

Ernie Regehr, O.C. is Senior Fellow in Arctic Security and Defence at The Simons Foundation Canada. Mr. Regehr is one of Canada's most prominent and respected voices on international disarmament and peace and Co-Founder and former Executive Director of Project Ploughshares, an ecumenical agency of the Canadian Council of Churches implementing the churches' call to be international peacemakers and upholders of justice. He is currently a Research Fellow at the Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement, Conrad Grebel University College, the University of Waterloo.  He is also a former Chairman of Canadians for a Nuclear Weapons Convention, a project of Canadian Pugwash Group.

He has served as an NGO representative and expert advisor on a number of Government of Canada delegations to multilateral disarmament forums. He is a former Commissioner of the World Council of Churches Commission on International Affairs and is an Officer of the Order of Canada.  In January 2011, he was named as the 26th laureate of the Pearson Peace Medal.

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Ernie Regehr and Dr. Jennifer Simons have worked together for many years, partnering their organizations, Project Ploughshares and The Simons Foundation Canada, to convene conferences, workshops and seminars on the major disarmament issues of the times.

See The Simons Foundation's Arctic Security Briefing Papers for information focussing on military policies and practices in the Arctic Region prepared by Ernie Regehr, as well as his briefing papers on Canadian Defence Policy.

Click here to access Ernie Regehr's personal Disarming Conflict blog.

Some selected articles and publications by Ernie Regehr are available below.
 

Related Materials
"Canada should invest in diplomacy, instead of spending more on defence" with Douglas Roche - The Globe and Mail (subscription required), September 17 2024
"We are in perilous times, yet Canada is silent on the proliferation of nuclear weapons" with Douglas Roche - The Globe and Mail, June 27 2024
"Inevitable or Inadmissible? Threatening Nuclear Weapons Use" - CIPS Blog, November 10 2023
"Towards a deliberately built peace: the inevitable negotiations on Ukraine" - The Hill Times (subscription required), June 22 2023
Ernie Regehr radio interview on "A Little More Conversation with Ben O’Hara-Byrne", Corus Entertainment, May 26 2022
"NATO has a chance to step back from the edge of a nuclear abyss" - The Globe and Mail, May 25 2022
"Should Canada increase its military involvement in the Indo-Pacific region?" - Legion Magazine, February 15 2022
"Should Canada boost its military presence in the Arctic?" - Legion Magazine, September 16 2021
“Military Infrastructure and Strategic Capabilities: Russia’s Arctic Defense Posture" - Chapter 8 of "The Arctic and World Order" by Ernie Regehr, O.C.
"Deterrence, Arms Control, and Cooperative Security: Selected Writings on Arctic Security" by Ernie Regehr - NAADSN Engage Series, June 2020
“How to build an architecture of peace, when destruction can rain down in mere minutes” by Ernie Regehr and Douglas Roche - The Globe and Mail, July 7 2019
“Face to Face: Should space be weaponized?” – Legion Magazine, July 2 2019
“Cooperative Security and Denuclearizing the Arctic” - Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, The Research Center for Nuclear Weapons Abolition, Nagasaki University (RECNA), June 28 2019
Article Review 115 on “A Nation of Feminist Arms Dealers? Canada and Military Exports” – H-Diplo, May 8, 2019
“Canada must be clear-eyed about nuclear disarmament” by Ernie Regehr and Douglas Roche – The Globe and Mail, January 21 2019
"Does Canada’s new peacekeeping policy make sense?" – Legion Magazine, May 1 2018
“FACE TO FACE: Is the government spending enough on re-equipping the military?” - Legion Magazine, January/February 2018 Issue
“Why debate in Canada over military drone use is sorely needed” - OpenCanada.org, November 1 2017
"Circumpolar Military Facilities of the Arctic Five" - updated September 2017
"Ballistic missile defence leads to less security" - The Hill Times (subscription required), August 16 2017
“What a U.S. missile defence system and a new president mean for South Korea” – OpenCanada.org, May 11, 2017
“Hawks & doves: mixed signals on military engagement” - Canadian Dimension Magazine, March 7 2017
"Should the Canadian Armed Forces purchase armed drones?" - Legion Magazine, July/August 2016
"North Korea is a proliferation problem, not a defence problem" - Embassy, March 16, 2016 (subscription required)
"The challenge of setting defence spending levels" - OpenCanada.org, February 24, 2016
"Time to review Canada's arms export policy" - Embassy, January 27, 2016
"Baltic vulnerability dramatically overstated" - Embassy, September 16, 2015
2024 CNWC Achievement Award-Ernie Regehr.pdf
Does Canada's new peacekeeping policy make sense - Legion Magazine, May-June 2018.pdf
Armed Conflict - Trends and Drivers by Ernie Regehr.pdf
Parliamentary Forum on Nuclear Disarmament Background Brief prepared by E. Regehr for Canadians for a Nuclear Weapons Convention.pdf
Preparing for a World Without Nuclear Weapons by Ernie Regehr for the Toward a Nuclear Weapons Convention Workshop - Ottawa, April 11-12, 2012.pdf
Tone down Iran rhetoric by Ernie Regehr published by The Record.com_.pdf